Time-piece holder



(No Model.)

J. H. HODGETTS.

TIME PIEGE HOLDER.

No. 391,531. Patented 00t.23,1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

JOSEPH H. HODGETTS, OF WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT.

TIME-PIECE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,531, dated October 23, 1888.

Application filed February 19, 1887. Serial No. 228,152. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. HOIDGETTS, of W'allingford, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Time- Piece Holders, of which the following isafnll, clear, and exact descriptiou,whereby any one skilled in the art can make and use the same.

My improvement relates to the class of holders for watches and clocks that are used to support the time piece where it may be conven iently seen; and the object of my improvement is to providea support ofthis general class that will conveniently hold the ti me-piece in a frame or like part that is provided with means for detachably securing it to any convenient fixture or article of furniture. 7

To this end my improvement consists in de tails of the several specific parts making up the device as a whole combined, as more particularly hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawing, the figure is a perspective view of one form of my improvement illustrating the method of its use.

In the accompanying drawing, the letter a denotes the time-piece support, that consists of the base-piece b and an upright arm, 0. This base-piece has on one end a clamp, b, with jaws adapted to grasp the part or fixture to which it is desired to attach the device that will serve as a means of fastening the support in aposit-ion to serve to hold a clock or watch. The support bears on the end opposite the clamp an arm, 0, that is preferably removably attached by fitting snugly into a socket, b, in the base-piece. On the upper end of the arm is secured to the base-piece by means of the threaded end that fits the threaded socket in the base-piece, and the other end of the arm bears a shade or reflector, f, that preferably has on its back a tubular socket, f, that enables the shade to be turned at any desired angle.

My improved device is particularly adapted p for supporting a time-piece on a gas-burner, g, or on a lamp, the jaws of the clamp being shaped with particular reference to such use, and in the particular embodiment of my invention shown in the figure the slide 71 is movable along the forked base-piece that, terminates in the clamp for the purpose of tightening or releasing the hold of the jaws of the clamp on a gas-burner or lamp. The shadearm is so located with reference to the upright supporting the timepiece as to enable the polished side of the shade to reflect thelight upon the clock-face.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination with the wire base-piece I), having the clamping arms I) on one end,and on the other the socket I), formed by a coil of the wire, the slide h, movable along the basepiece, and the upright arm a, removably held in the socket in the base-piece and having the upright arms 0 0 adapted to hold a timepiece, all substantially as described.

2. In combination with the base-piece b,having at one end the described means for attachment in a fixed position, and at the other end a socket for holding a removable arm, the upright arm bearing a time-piece, and an arm, 6, detachably secured to the base-piece and bearing a removable shade and reflector, f, all substantially as described.

, JOSEPH H. HODGETTS.

Witnesses:

H. R. WILLIAMS, A. B. JENKINS. 

